novelweb Chapter 2547 Sour Grapes
Chapter 2547 Sour Grapes
Lin.
Lin's mother woke up from a nap and checked the time; it was already past midnight.
She got up, walked out of the room, and looked towards her son's master bedroom. She found the door to the master bedroom ajar, indicating that her son had not yet returned.
If my son comes back, he will close his bedroom door when he goes to sleep at night; he won't leave it ajar.
The door was half-closed, indicating that he hadn't returned yet.
Lin's mother frowned and muttered, "Where did he go in the middle of the night? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
She turned and went back into her room, picked up her phone and called her son.
The call went through, but my son didn't answer.
After several attempts, the same thing happened. Lin's mother became frightened, thinking that something had happened to her son. She quickly woke her husband and said anxiously, "Old Lin, A-Jian hasn't come home yet. It's already past midnight."
“I called him, the call went through, but he didn’t answer. This happened several times.”
"I hope nothing bad has happened to Ah Jian."
Lin's father rubbed his eyes and said, "Ah Jian is such a grown man, what could possibly happen to him? He probably went drinking with his friends."
"Call Yuehua and ask her who Ajian usually associates with."
Lin's mother didn't care that it was the middle of the night and that calling would disturb He Yuehua, so she immediately called He Yuehua.
He Yuehua answered Lin's mother's call very quickly.
"Auntie, I'm at the bar. Dr. Lin is drinking there and got drunk. The people at the bar called me and asked me to come and pick him up. I just got here. Are you worried about Dr. Lin?"
When Lin's mother heard the news about her son, she felt relieved. However, when she heard that her son had gone to a bar and drunk a lot, she felt sorry for him again and said, "He said he was going out for a walk to clear his head and get some fresh air. Why did he go to a bar to drink?"
"Did he go to the Zeng family's place again? If he went there, he would be in a bad mood and go to the bar to drink."
"Yuehua, thank you for bringing Ajian back. It's a good thing you were here, otherwise his father and I would have been worried sick."
He Yuehua said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I'll take Dr. Lin home. Auntie, go to sleep, don't worry."
"This isn't the first time Dr. Lin has gotten drunk."
Dr. Lin has gotten drunk countless times because of Dr. Zeng.
"It's definitely because of that Zeng guy. No one loves him, but he still clings to her. No matter how you try to persuade him, he won't listen. She's already climbed up the social ladder, how could she possibly still respect him?"
Lin's mother now has a lot of opinions about Zeng Xiaoya.
They felt that Zeng Xiaoya's decision not to choose her son was a sign of being materialistic and looking down on him.
"I want to see if that Zeng woman can marry into a wealthy family and become a phoenix on a branch. I'd be laughing my head off if she couldn't even find a man like me, Ah Jian, and ended up as an old spinster."
He Yuehua did not respond.
No matter what, Dr. Zeng will never be unable to get married.
It all depends on whether Dr. Zeng wants to get married or not.
With such good conditions, such a good family background, and good looks, if she wanted to get married, there would be plenty of men lining up to marry Dr. Zeng.
"Auntie, I'll go settle the bill for Dr. Lin first."
He Yuehua ended her call with Lin's mother by making an excuse that she needed to help Dr. Lin pay the bill.
I don't want to hear Lin's mother say those barbed words.
In He Yuehua's view, Lin's mother was a typical example of sour grapes.
She understood the Lin family's temperament and was able to manage her relationship with them well; Dr. Zeng disdained dealing with the Lin family.
He Yuehua knew Lin's parents' temperament well and didn't care. If she married Dr. Lin, the couple would still stay in the city to run a clinic after marriage, and would only go back to their hometown for a few days during holidays.
She only had a few days to appease the Lin family and prevent them from making things difficult for her during those days.
He Yuehua believed she could handle these relationships, so even knowing that Dr. Lin's family background was like this, she dared to fall in love with Dr. Lin and live with him.
After He Yuehua hung up on Lin's mother, she didn't realize that He Yuehua was annoyed by her harsh words and didn't want to listen to her anymore. She said to her husband, "Yuehua went to the bar to pick up Ajian."
"Ah Jian must have gone to the Zeng family again and saw Dr. Zeng and the eighth young master of the Zhan family together. He was hurt and jealous, which is why he went to the bar to drink. Yuehua even said that this is not the first time."
"He was truly deeply in love with Dr. Zeng."
Lin's mother sighed, "But people don't love him at all. He drinks, which is bad for his health. Who cares about him? Only we, his parents, care about him."
"Yuehua has it so hard. She feels sorry for Ajian, but Ajian got drunk because of Dr. Zeng and can't see her good qualities."
Lin's mother increasingly felt that He Yuehua was a good match for her son, that she could tolerate everything about him, and that she cared about him so much.
It's not Zeng Xiaoya; she only brings harm to her son, making him sad and upset.
Lin's father said, "If there's no love, there's no sadness or heartbreak. Dr. Zeng's feelings for our A-Jian are just ordinary friendship; it's all one-sided, one-sided love from A-Jian. What can we do?"
The one who is affectionate often suffers more than the one who is indifferent.
Who told his son to be so amorous?
The pain of loving someone you can't have is something only those who have experienced it truly understand.
"Yuehua is the one that suits our family and Ajian. The Zeng family is a bit too good for us. We can't afford to be a match for them."
"What do you mean she's not good enough for me? The Zeng family isn't some wealthy or powerful clan, just a bunch of doctors. What kind of prestigious family is that? Does she think she can rise above my station and become a phoenix just because she looks down on my son?"
"Men in wealthy families are the most ruthless. How many of them don't have mistresses outside? Even those who cultivate the image of a loving couple for decades can end up having several illegitimate children who fight with the children of their original spouse for the inheritance."
"Unless a man is destitute, he will go out and look for other men whenever he has the chance."
"The hardships of marrying into a wealthy family are not something that ordinary people can endure. Could Zeng Xiaoya endure such hardships? Her husband leaves early and returns late every day, sometimes not even at night, leaving her often alone in an empty room, like living as a widow."
"So what if you have money to spend? Not only will you feel spiritually empty, but the mother-in-law in a wealthy family is quite formidable. She might even have to kneel down and wash her mother-in-law's feet every day."
Knowing that her son had no chance, Lin's mother spoke ill of Zeng Xiaoya, saying anything and everything.
Lin's father said to his wife, "Alright, stop complaining. You're just saying it's sour grapes because you can't have them."
“Dr. Zeng doesn’t love our son. Even if the young master of the Zhan family hadn’t appeared, she simply doesn’t love him. It has nothing to do with the young master of the Zhan family. Whether the young master of the Zhan family is sincere to her or not is their business. We can’t control that, and we have no right to control it.”
The Zhan family has a good family tradition, and the men in the Zhan family are said to be very devoted to their partners. Zeng Xiaoya might actually be able to marry into the Zhan family and become a young mistress.
In that case, Lin's father didn't say it out loud. If he had, his wife would have said that he was biased towards Zeng Xiaoya.
However, since her son really had no hope of marrying Zeng Xiaoya, she still advised him to get together with Yuehua as soon as possible.